चमेली

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *चम्पवेल्लि (*campavelli).[1] Cognate with Punjabi ਚੰਬੇਲੀ (cambelī), Bengali চামেলি (cameli).

Noun

चमेली • (camelīf (Urdu spelling چمیلی)

  1. Spanish jasmine, Jasminum grandiflorum (plant and flower)

Declension

Declension of चमेली (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct चमेली
camelī
चमेलियाँ
cameliyā̃
oblique चमेली
camelī
चमेलियों
cameliyõ
vocative चमेली
camelī
चमेलियो
cameliyo

Descendants

  • Pashto: چمبېلی
  • English: chameli

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “campavēlli”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *चम्पवेल्लि (*campavelli).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sə.me.li/, [t͡sə.me.liː]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: च‧मे‧ली

Noun

चमेली • (ċamelīf

  1. Spanish jasmine

Declension

Declension of चमेली (fem ī-stem)
direct
singular
चमेली
ċamelī
direct
plural
चमेल्या
ċamelyā
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
चमेली
ċamelī
चमेल्या
ċamelyā
oblique
सामान्यरूप
चमेली
ċamelī
चमेल्यां-
ċamelyān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
चमेलीला
ċamelīlā
चमेल्यांना
ċamelyānnā
ergative चमेलीने, चमेलीनं
ċamelīne, ċamelīna
चमेल्यांनी
ċamelyānnī
instrumental चमेलीशी
ċamelīśī
चमेल्यांशी
ċamelyānśī
locative
सप्तमी
चमेलीत
ċamelīt
चमेल्यांत
ċamelyāt
vocative
संबोधन
चमेली
ċamelī
चमेल्यांनो
ċamelyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of चमेली (fem ī-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
चमेलीचा
ċamelīċā
चमेलीचे
ċamelīċe
चमेलीची
ċamelīcī
चमेलीच्या
ċamelīcā
चमेलीचे, चमेलीचं
ċamelīċe, ċamelīċa
चमेलीची
ċamelīcī
चमेलीच्या
ċamelīcā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
चमेल्यांचा
ċamelyānċā
चमेल्यांचे
ċamelyānċe
चमेल्यांची
ċamelyāñcī
चमेल्यांच्या
ċamelyāncā
चमेल्यांचे, चमेल्यांचं
ċamelyānċe, ċamelyānċa
चमेल्यांची
ċamelyāñcī
चमेल्यांच्या
ċamelyāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “campavēlli”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “चमेली”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चमेली”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press